wombat123 said:
Cobretti2 said:
Ljink96 said:
zorg1000 said:
Ljink96 said:
YES! SO GLAD TO HEAR THAT. So you guys can quit claiming 2016 release. The NX isn't something that should be rushed out so early, especially with the patents it might be utilizing. A late 2017/mid 2018 release is much more like it. By then, Sony and MS will be talking about their next consoles. Can Wii U survive that long? Maybe. It depends on what they have in store software wise. It's just too early for a 2016 release. |
Like I said, it could just be him letting us know a 2016 release doesn't mean it's being rushed.
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Maybe, but a reveal after a release would be quite foolhardy imo. All of these Nintendo 2nd parties, and 1st parties that are silent as hell are most likely working on NX titles. Games like Mario 3D (Galaxy 3) would most likely not release this year. Nintendo has to spend time understanding their new hardware to the fullest, as they barely understood HD gaming and robust online systems at Wii U's launch. At best, we'll get NX tech demos, teasers, and a hardware reveal. Next year, the actual release and games. Doing everything in one year would indeed be rushing.
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They would have started working on NX titles in 2013 i reckon after Wii U tanked.
If Nintendo was forward thinking enough, they would have used a PC or PS4 to develop them on and then hopefully release the same architecture for their console so porting it would have been easy enough.
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I'd guess Nintendo started focusing on the NX at the beginning of 2015. I think they were betting a lot on their 2014 E3, Mario Kart and Smash giving the Wii U a resurgence and when they failed to do so, decided to cut their losses and move all of their unannounced major projects to the NX.
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They've been working on NX since mid-2014 at least. Iwata basically admits it here ...
"Also, the idea I mentioned about redefining the definition of video game platforms will also require approximately two years."
- May 2014
http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showthread.php?t=818167
